The objective of NRC’s second mission was to better identify specific needs and areas of intervention to both help prevent the deterioration of the crisis in Basra and respond to the emerging humanitarian needs, in particular as they relate to the water crisis.

The armed conflict in the Lake Chad region has caused mass displacement in north-east Nigeria, forcing people to flee the violence and abandon their homes.

The majority of those displaced found shelter in “host” communities in safer locations. However, many people’s displacement is now stretching into three years or more, and the situation is exhausting their resources and those of the communities hosting them. This is leading to a number of challenges, among them an increase in disputes over housing, land and property.